Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Heard on Campus: Howard Dean and Karl Rove

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Karl Rove (left) and Howard Dean speak to members of the media prior to their debate Tuesday night at Eisenhower Auditorium.
Credit: Geoff Rushton Karl Rove (left) and Howard Dean speak to members of the media prior to their debate Tuesday night at Eisenhower Auditorium.

"I don't worry how the electorate characterizes themselves. What really matters is how they feel about the president. Polls are just snapshots and the president has only been in office for 10 months. The one that counts is the midterm poll. I think Obama is in great shape."

-- Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, answering a question about recent polls taken that claim more Americans are becoming conservative.

"The increase of conservatism in the United States is the reaction to Obama's policies. Better than two-to-one, people are against public health care. We have the best health care system in the world."

-- Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush, rebutting Dean's remarks. The two politicians spoke and debated on health care on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, in Penn State's Eisenhower Auditorium, to an audience of several hundred students and community members. Rove and Dean were the second speakers in this year's Distinguished Speaker Series. For more information about the series, go to http://www.spa.psu.edu/dss.html.

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